If the only topics of conversation between you and your spouse are the news, the weather, and your children, take time to really talk to one another on more personal, intimate topics. Discussion starters like ones I've listed below can give you more things to talk about and will help the two of you know one another more deeply. That's a key to making your relationship last. 

• How Well Do You Know Your Spouse?
  No matter how long you have been together, there are always more things to learn about one another. Ask your wife how she truly feels about cooking every night? Ask your husband what his idea of a dream vacation is? Share with one another one of your happiest memories of being together. 
   

• Questions to Ask One Another
  Although these questions should have been talked about before you married one another, it is never too late to open the lines of communication between you about these really important issues. 
   
• The Ten Most Important Questions to Discuss
  Here are the most important questions and topics you should have discussed prior to getting married. Compromise is usually not an option if the two of you disagree on these issues that can be deal breakers.
   
• Comments You Should and Shouldn't Make to One Another
  Do any of the following statements (both ones you like to hear and ones you don't like to hear) seem familiar to you and your spouse? 
   
  
• More Things to Talk About
  Here are some tips on why conversation in a marriage is so essential and more topics to talk about. Don't come up with excuses as to why you don't make time to talk with each other. It is critical that you do make that time. If you are stuck in a rut of just small talk -- stop it! Now!
   
  
• Monthly Archive of Daily Questions
  Even if you aren't in to writing to one another daily, these dialogue questions can be the start of some great conversations between the two of you.

Samantha Rodman PhD: "If you're married, demand more intimate questions NOW!  Even if your partner thinks you've lost your mind ...  And reciprocate with your feelings and thoughts when your partner tells you his or hers."
Source: "Small Talk: The Not-So-Silent Relationship Killer." HuffingtonPost.com. 10/29/2014.

Remember ... 

Although many topics like the news, health issues, weather, chores, finances, and your kids are necessary and important to talk about, make sure that the two of you find ways to broaden your conversations to include more than just the practical aspects of your marriage and lives.